{"id":465,"date":"2015-01-01T00:25:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T00:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=465"},"modified":"2014-12-08T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T09:32:59","slug":"january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=465","title":{"rendered":"January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of response to the <a title=\"Owl nests in Knebworth Dinosaur\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk\/news\/2014\/11\/28\/tawny-owl-roosts-dinosaur\" target=\"_blank\">image<\/a> of the tawny owl in the T-Rex\u2019s mouth featured in our article last month \u2013 it got picked up by national newspapers including the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express \u2013 so hooray to Patti Razey who first spotted the nest.\u00a0 Patti is our \u201cDinosaur Painter\u201d \u2013 a crucial role at Knebworth House during the winter months when we scramble to get as much repairs and maintenance as possible done before we open again in March.\u00a0 Not a great call for Dinosaur Painters nationally \u2013 I don\u2019t know whether Patti lists it on her business cards.\u00a0 I remember we once went to the Yellow Pages to find a \u201cCoffin Restorer\u201d when we were renovating the Mausoleum in the Park.\u00a0 A dying trade, you might say \u2013 not so many people being buried above ground nowadays!<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately we are still able to find a \u201cGargoyle Maker\u201d \u2013 another crucial Knebworth House requirement \u2013 thanks to the craft surviving for the many cathedrals of the land.\u00a0 We need one currently, because the elevation above the House\u2019s garden front entrance goes under scaffold this month for urgent water damage repairs.\u00a0 We are required to replace the Victorian decoration as close to its original design and materials as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We have a bit more leeway with the dinosaurs \u2013 but that doesn\u2019t stop Patti being meticulous with her colours and her scale detail.\u00a0 Maybe the owl was trying to tell her that, to be authentic, a real T-Rex should have a nice line of des res winter double glazing between its teeth too!<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year to all,<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\">www.knebworthhouse.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of response to the image of the tawny owl in the T-Rex\u2019s mouth featured in our article last month \u2013 it got picked up by national newspapers including the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express \u2013 so hooray to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=465\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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